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I would be more tempted to fork over that much $$$ for something like this than the basic HDMI cables that the big boxes push for the same price.

And I just read the text of the article - nothing original in my Matrix comment. How awkward.

I try to get as much usefulness out of my items as I can. Two out of three TV's in my house are over 10 years old. My desktop is 5 years old. I have a laptop that's older (and one that's less than a year old). At some point we'll get a shiny new HD flat panel.

In my workshop, I'm still using my parents' old stereo that they had used for a few years (they gave it to me about 10 years ago). I've even had to repair one of the speakers after a tragic fall off the shelf it was on.

I used a Motorola Razr for 4 years before it started to die. However, I seem to go through MP3 players too quickly because they die (of course, I use them in the yard while working, so I'm sure that has a little to do with it).

I did just order up a label maker. It's not as sexy as an IPhone or Crackberry, but it's new.

I'm a tech guy by nature (I develop software for a living) but hate to spend money on something new when I already have something completely usable at home!

For $20? No brainer - that's a stellar buy.

Any idea on the price of these? I'm interesting in getting a unit for my garage.

The funny thing is that this site is right next to MAKE Magazine's feed (a magazine / site dedicated to doing electronics type things yourself) in my browser. While I don't personally see the value in building this project myself (considering how cheap they have gotten), there are always some folks out there that would rather build their own for satisfaction, having the ability to fix it themselves, learning something, etc.

Oh - and I just use a nice oversized mousepad. It's not clever, but it gets the job done.